nephrite

IPA: nˈɛfraɪt

(mineralogy) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).

Examples of "nephrite" in Sentences

Importantly, a sample that does not consist of either nephrite or jadeite is simply not jade.
It is a kind of nephrite or jade, a mineral which usually occurs in talcose or magnesian rocks.
For instance, there was been found scattered over Europe axes made of varieties of stone known as nephrite and jade.
Lastly for that kind of money I'd want something like fossilized mammoth ivory or slabs of Wyoming nephrite jade for the handle.
Bonhams will showcase a jeweled gold and nephrite imperial presentation snuff box, with a diamond-set monogram of Tsar Nicholas II, from circa 1890 estimate: £80,000-£120,000.
Copper Alloy with gold gilding and polychrome enamel inlays (cloisonné) 14 3/4 x 10 x 7 1/2 inches Asian Art Museum Ornament depicting a lotus pond Green nephrite on a gold mount
The windows were paned with sheer glass from Aleppo, in shades of jade and nephrite, the cool greens bringing the verdure of the outside inside, the color of the light percolating into the white marble in the chamber, so that it seemed as though Empress Mumtaz Mahal rested, indeed, in the garden of Paradise.
Indeed, the most amusing piece in the collection is Prince Charles's sealing-wax stamp, a Kermit-like green frog carved from Siberian nephrite surmounting, with his left hind leg fully extended, a gold column enameled with pink guilloché the enamel is translucent so you can just make out the geometric pattern incised into the metal beneath it—and in this case looks like moiré silk.